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Post by jorgekafkazar on Apr 7, 2009 0:44:02 GMT
Mean Min: 12.3 {12.9} Mean Max: 24.3 {24.0} Days >=30C 4 {4.4} Days>=35C 0 {0.7} So Nights were 0.6C Colder than normal. While days 0.3C warmer. Just shows the variablity - here in the UK March has been ~1 deg warmer than the 1971-2000 average, and to-day (April 1st) people are wandering around in tee-shirts and shorts. Conclusion 1: consistent with a long term cooling trend since 2000. Conclusion 2: inconsistent with a CO2 greenhouse forcing. what conclusions can I draw from the UK weather? Hmm. Okay, but I notice you didn't cite night-time temperatures. For a full comparison, oranges to oranges, shouldn't we have your UK night data?
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Post by gridley on Apr 7, 2009 14:24:31 GMT
I'm just sitting here hoping that nobody asks the origin of my forum name Well then you really shouldn't make a post like that - what's the origin of your forum name? :-) If anyone cares, Gridley is from Charles V. Gridley, most widely known as the person to whom "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." was addressed. I'm afraid that as I live in the northern hemisphere, I can't contribute anything on topic to this thread. :-(
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Post by gettingchilly on Apr 7, 2009 22:17:33 GMT
"I'm just sitting here hoping that nobody asks the origin of my forum name"
Drainpipes have anything to do with it??
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Post by Ratty on Apr 8, 2009 0:59:52 GMT
"I'm just sitting here hoping that nobody asks the origin of my forum name" Drainpipes have anything to do with it?? Years ago, when I was trying to make a living writing business software, I registered the names "RAT Software" and "RatSoft". I figured that, if you could make money with a brand name "Apple", a catchy name would give me a chance of making it big. (It didn't work.) There's more to it but the rest of the story is classified.
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Post by kiwistonewall on Apr 8, 2009 3:23:29 GMT
"I'm just sitting here hoping that nobody asks the origin of my forum name" Drainpipes have anything to do with it?? Years ago, when I was trying to make a living writing business software, I registered the names "RAT Software" and "RatSoft". I figured that, if you could make money with a brand name "Apple", a catchy name would give me a chance of making it big. (It didn't work.) There's more to it but the rest of the story is classified. Actually, an excellent name (for germanic languages!) ;D From the word, Rat (council), a German advisory or ruling council (derived from raten, "to advise")
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Post by walterdnes on Apr 9, 2009 6:41:47 GMT
Years ago, when I was trying to make a living writing business software, I registered the names "RAT Software" and "RatSoft". I figured that, if you could make money with a brand name "Apple", a catchy name would give me a chance of making it big. (It didn't work.) There's more to it but the rest of the story is classified. You could've registered your company as "Miracle Software", along with the slogan... "If it works, It's a Miracle". ;D
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Post by Ratty on Apr 9, 2009 8:46:47 GMT
Where were you guys when I really needed you? Speaking of miracles, people for whom you write specialised software do expect them (miracles). Back on topic, we're having a cool Autumn evening in Mango Hill (Lat 27 South), about 19 C. I've been quiet up to now because we've had a warm Summer.
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Post by kiwistonewall on Apr 15, 2009 10:44:11 GMT
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Post by twawki on Apr 16, 2009 10:49:58 GMT
winter is coming early and the cold fronts from Antarctica are already lining up Quote "Melbourne fell to 7.3 degrees, the last time it was colder this early in the year was 1996. Sale recorded 1.1 degrees their coldest night this early in 46 years. The lowest recorded temperature last night in Victoria was minus 3 at Mt Hotham, nearly seven below average." www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-nights-give-victoria-an-early-taste-of-winter/11697
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Post by kiwistonewall on Apr 17, 2009 12:36:37 GMT
NIWA (NZ) says: The NIWA National Climate Centre says that, on average over the next three months, above average temperatures are likely in several regions of the country 1. It is not likely that any major region will be cooler than normal over the three months as a whole, although this does not rule out occasional cold spells.I say it will be the coldest winter in NZ for 10-20 years, from North to South. I made a similar prediction for the UK Winter back in 2008 to a family member in the UK, while quoting the UK Met office predictions of a warm winter. NIWA's outlook: www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/climate/publications/all/seasonal-climate-outlookIts a Hale winter. Doesn't take much forecasting. C'mon Niwa, Kiwis should be better than 50% right! See note 5: in that link.
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Post by bevhills on Apr 17, 2009 13:32:18 GMT
Sounds like the NOAA forecast for this past winter in North America which was completely wrong.
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Post by poitsplace on Apr 17, 2009 15:26:19 GMT
NIWA (NZ) says: The NIWA National Climate Centre says that, on average over the next three months, above average temperatures are likely in several regions of the country 1. It is not likely that any major region will be cooler than normal over the three months as a whole, although this does not rule out occasional cold spells.I say it will be the coldest winter in NZ for 10-20 years, from North to South. I made a similar prediction for the UK Winter back in 2008 to a family member in the UK, while quoting the UK Met office predictions of a warm winter. NIWA's outlook: www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/climate/publications/all/seasonal-climate-outlookIts a Hale winter. Doesn't take much forecasting. C'mon Niwa, Kiwis should be better than 50% right! See note 5: in that link. Actually this will probably be the THIRD hale winter. Back in late 2007 they THOUGHT it was near minimum. There were some cold snaps. 2008 was most certainly a hale winter AND there was powerful La Nina. It would be difficult to top 2008 since if I remember correctly it was the coldest winter in many southern hemisphere locations in about 30-60 years. 2009 will probably just be another cold (but not as cold) winter.
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Post by twawki on Apr 17, 2009 23:31:56 GMT
Im going for colder than 2008 - where is the warmth going to come from? Not the quit sun, not from the cooling oceans, not from the cooling and growing poles, not from the cooling atmosphere.
Here in Oz we will be warmer up north as part of La Nina ocean currents which will continue to cause more moisture, storms, monsoons during summer etc Lake Eyre will be more regularly fed meaning more moisture in the atmosphere that will get picked up by fronts from Antartica and dumped on eastern Australia and NZ
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Post by pacman on Apr 18, 2009 3:55:56 GMT
Remember the documentary "TGGWS" ostensibly in reply to Fat Albert's effort. I believe this was shown in its entirety in the UK and on YouTube but was heavily censored by ABC in Australia. This was then passed on to channel 4 in NZ who broadcast it, much to their shame, in censored form without first checking its veracity. A forum was then held at the end between two Radio NZ skeptics, with the protagonists being a Dr Wratt (I am not making that up) from NIWA and a shrill female greenie. With the loaded dice of a doctered doco it was all a foregone conclusion.
To any Kiwi reading this, do not believe a word from the Government-sponsered NIWA who are global warming all the way.
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Post by dopeydog on Apr 20, 2009 19:16:15 GMT
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